I have invested in leveraged funds for the past several years. I have lost money and I have made money. Same is true in the broader stock market.
My ability to invest in securities should not be regulated. The focus should be on regulating the providers of these funds to make sure they disclose all the information required for me to make sound decisions.
I do not believe that I need any help selecting or de-selecting my personal investments. Nor does anyone else.
Investment criteria are personal choices and it is up to the individual to be responsible for gaining the information required to vet the products on offer and then determine for themselves whether these vehicles meet their criteria and in their best judgement serve their investment
To Whom It May Concern:
Please allow me to continue to make informed choices on what investments are best for me and my family. Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategy. These funds allow me protect my investments and seek enhanced returns. I use them as a limited part of my overall portfolio.
It's important for every citizen to have the right to purchase whatever stock we want. We need to retain the freedom to do this. Why take away our freedom. I don't need to take a test to be able to make informed decisions on stock purchases and I don't need anyone else making my decisions for me.
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I support these modifications. I believe that minimizing the reporting gap will limit some types of short selling abuse and market manipulation. Hourly synchronized aggregation and reporting of this data is possible with modern computing and would limit the gray zones in which HFT’s can exploit informational lag.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change relating to members’ filing requirements under FINRA Rule 6432 (Compliance with the Information Requirements of SEA Rule 15c2-11).
There needs to be accurate, timely, and mandatory reporting guidelines around short interest. Accurate and timely would be the important part for the individual investors. The mandatory reporting would be for institutional investing. There are currently too many ways to misrepresent and obfuscate actual short interest information.
I’m looking for (and I’m sure MANY other investor as well ) further transparency on short sales and short interest reporting, I feel as though there might not be all the information available to the public and need reaffirmation that I can trust the market I’m investing in, many thanks!
